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Rapid-fire Open Air in Pismo

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If you want to know you’ve got to go! If you have never heard the Gospel preached open-air before, you are missing out. What a blessing to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ proclaimed in the public square – specifically Pismo Beach on Sunday afternoon.

It was a beautiful sunny afternoon. There was an acoustic band named “The Jug Town Pirates” panhandling on the plaza. The genre of music was backwoods Ozark Mountain – they were very entertaining. You can hear them playing in the background of the podcast episode entitled, “Susanne Knows the 10 Commandments.”

There was a large group of people enjoying the sunshine and free entertainment. A group of seed sowers passed tracts and witnessed 1-2-1 for several hours. After the band finished their set and left, three of us encouraged each other to do some open-air preaching.

We each preached one after the other, in rapid-fire succession. Then started all over again - for about an hour. I had my MP3 recorder strapped to my wrist – the recording is a bit distorted at times. I have to figure out a better way to record open air. Any ideas? I also wish I would have thought to pass it off to my brothers so you can hear their messages too.

It is a blessing to lift up your voice and proclaim God’s Word. It also extremely encouraging to see your brother(s) be bold in Christ Jesus, stand up in a crowd of people and proclaim God’s righteousness revealed in the Gospel – IT IS POWERFUL! God saves people through this seemingly silly method – preaching of the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18 (KJV)

But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1:23-24 (KJV)

As we preached, there were many who mocked. God even blessed us with a heckler at one point, which doubled the sized of the crowd listening. The heckler was a very intelligent homeless man named Matthew. I had the privilege of spending quite some time with him after the open-air. Please, please pray for the salvation of Mathew’s soul.

Christian, we need not fear. Be bold for King Jesus. He gave His Church the authority to be His ambassadors (2 Corinthians 5) to this lost and dying world. So don’t fear! Listen to what our Lord Jesus said:

Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. Matthew 10:26-33 (KJV)

John MacArthur wrote this in his book Anxiety Attacked: “Faithful servants of God have become shortsighted and filled with despair. When our faith in God’s power is gone, we lose our confidence and run from that which really shouldn’t intimidate us. Opposition can paralyze us with fear and prevent us from proclaiming God’s truth. Read Matthew 10:24–33. What did Jesus tell His disciples? If you have an antagonistic co-worker, neighbor, or relative, pray that God will give you boldness to speak the truth in love.”

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. Romans 1:16-17 (KJV)

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